Chapter 7 Farewell to the great man in 1976

1976 was a year of great misfortune for New China and the most tragic year for hundreds of millions of people.This year, Premier Zhou Enlai, Chairman Zhu De, and Chairman Mao Zedong, the founding fathers of New China, passed away one after another.The building of the motherland is like breaking three giant pillars, and it is in jeopardy!This year also saw major events such as the "Tiananmen Incident", Deng Xiaoping's dismissal, the Tangshan Earthquake, the crushing of the "Gang of Four", and Hua Guofeng's ascension to power.This year is really eventful, and everything is earth-shattering, thrilling and unforgettable.Although there was joy in smashing the "Gang of Four" this year, hundreds of millions of cadres and the masses spent it under the shadow of great sorrow, pain, mourning and sorrow.

In my more than seven years of security work, only the security mission in 1976 was the most tragic, and the security mission to bid farewell to the three great men in this year was even more sad, unforgettable, and unforgettable for a lifetime. On January 8, 1976, in the bitter cold wind came the sad news that the beloved Premier Zhou passed away!At that time, the cadres and soldiers standing in the meeting room of the Xiaohonglou (Company Headquarters) heard the shocking news conveyed by their superiors, and burst into tears. Everyone looked at Tiananmen Square outside the window, and no one spoke or moved. , let the tears overflow and the mourning vent freely.At this time, every soldier knew in his heart that Premier Zhou could no longer ride with the state guests in a convertible car to enjoy the joy with the welcoming crowd in Tiananmen Square; We are no longer running back and forth on the road; we can no longer stand guard for the first prime minister of the republic.

In the afternoon of the same day, we replaced the red duty armbands on our sleeves with black armbands to express our condolences to Premier Zhou.At that time, I was on duty under the statues of Marx and Engels in the northeast corner of Tiananmen Square. Looking at the weeping crowd in Tiananmen Square, I recalled Premier Zhou’s extraordinary heroic demeanor when he greeted guests in Tiananmen Square a few years ago, and I couldn’t help crying.During the three days of Premier Zhou's death, that is, from January 8th to 10th, we did not receive any security tasks related to Premier Zhou's death, because Premier Zhou's body was still in Beijing Hospital at that time, and party and state leaders and representatives from all walks of life were Farewell to the body of Premier Zhou at the Beijing Hospital.

On the afternoon of January 11, according to the arrangement of our superiors, our company dispatched some troops to Tiananmen Square to perform the task of guarding the cremation of Premier Zhou's body in Babaoshan.Today, the weather is cold, but there is no bitter wind.I was standing on the north side of Chang'an Avenue on the east side of Tiananmen Square.Like me, my comrades-in-arms also lined up from the Tiananmen East viewing platform to the entrance of Nanchizi Street, responsible for the safety of Premier Zhou's hearse passing by and maintaining order at the scene. When we set up our guards, many people were already standing on the sidewalks in front of Tiananmen Square and Chang'an Avenue.When we set up the whistle, everyone knew that this was a warning line, so there was a tacit understanding between the guards and the standing crowd. We didn't use gestures or shouting. The people silently came behind the sentries, and naturally formed a straight line.Before going to the sentry, the superior leader told us that this task is very special, and people are very sad. Therefore, in addition to finding destructive problems in time and resolutely eliminating them during the duty, the general public also sent a message to the general public when they saw off the Prime Minister. In case of unintentional crowding, crossing the line, etc., try to signal with gestures, or go to the front to persuade you in a low voice instead of shouting loudly.But what we didn't expect was that not only did we not have to shout, we didn't even have to make gestures. Everyone lined up in a conscious and orderly manner, as if someone had issued a silent order in the dark sky of Chang'an Avenue. All the people are piously adhering to this tacit order, and no one takes a step beyond the threshold. It seems that that is disrespectful to the Prime Minister. Everyone wants to stand in silence as a straight human wall, human embankment, and human dam, and stand up for the Zhou Dynasty. The prime minister's heroic spirit held the last strong line of defense.

Looking at the self-supporting and seemingly solidified human wall in front of me, I felt a lot of emotion. It seemed that I saw the moving scenes of Premier Zhou welcoming and seeing off foreign guests on Tiananmen Square and Chang'an Avenue in front of me. floating in front of my eyes.Premier Zhou, you were loved by people during your lifetime, and so many people spontaneously came to see you off after your death.This is due to your outstanding feats in the South and North Wars throughout your life; this is due to your dedication to the cause of peace for the motherland and the world; this is due to your integrity, self-discipline and innocence throughout your life; This is due to the work style of the people; this is the result of your work style, which is full of life and sleep, and forgets to eat and sleep; Due to the monument standing in the hearts of the people...

Time is advancing minute by minute, and it is also different from the past.The crowd behind us is gathering more and more, the first floor, the third floor, the fifth floor, the tenth floor, the twentieth floor... The human wall is constantly thickening and widening. Looking at things, you can't see the edge at a glance, just like a line of still people. river.The weather is still very cold. Although people wear heavy coats and hats, standing in the cold weather for a long time is naturally unbearably cold, but there is no sound of anyone stomping their feet or rubbing their hands.With the ban on Chang'an Avenue issued, the entire Chang'an Avenue is empty of cars. In the range I can see, except for an occasional guard or police supervision car passing by, there is only one traffic police station wearing white sleeves. On the podium in the center of Chang'an Avenue at the intersection of Tiananmen Square East Side Road and Chang'an Avenue.At this time, in front of Tiananmen Square, on the wide Chang'an Avenue, Premier Zhou was waiting for the last time to pass by; and on the sidewalk of Chang'an Avenue, the black crowd was like sculptures, except for the sound of people's breathing, nothing could be heard. This kind of tranquility and solemnity gives people a great spiritual impact and shock.I have never seen such a refined atmosphere in which countless people stand in a vast space as if there is no one. This is a concentrated reflection of the love that hundreds of millions of Chinese people have for Premier Zhou, and this kind of unprecedented pessimism Only a high-minded Communist Party leader can be formed among the people, and only Zhou Enlai, the good prime minister of the people, can enjoy this miserable silent world among the masses.

When people stood in the severe cold for more than an hour, the grief-stricken crowd finally couldn't control their emotions and began to sob. The crying grew from small to loud, from near to far, and soon turned into a sea of ​​crying. The crying was startling. Heaven and earth, weeping ghosts and gods, tearing the heart and lungs, making everyone present burst into tears and runny nose.The earth-shattering mournful cries lingered and lingered over Chang'an Street, heart-wrenching and heartbreaking. When everyone saw Premier Zhou's hearse slowly approaching from east to west, people's cries were like water pouring out of the gate, and the yearning for Premier Zhou burst out all of a sudden, and everyone was in pain.When the hearse of Premier Zhou with mourning music, wreaths hanging on the front and black gauze on the body passed by, the distraught people opened their tearful eyes and cast affectionate farewell glances to the dear Premier. Tears and cries send the last journey to his old man.Supported by people's belief in loving the Prime Minister, until the end, the complete formation remained unchanged and did not become chaotic.According to some estimates, on the day Premier Zhou’s body was cremated, nearly two million people stood along the cold ten-mile long street along the road from Beijing Hospital to Babaoshan, bidding farewell to Premier Zhou with tears.So many people standing silently, what a profound mourning mood!What a tragic farewell scene with so many people crying loudly!It is difficult to describe it in words, I can only say: This is the best condolence and condolences for Premier Zhou's soul in heaven by millions of people representing hundreds of millions of people; this is the highest praise for Premier Zhou's life's merits and demerits.

On the evening of the same day, the ashes of Premier Zhou cremated in Babaoshan were carried by Deng Yingchao with both hands and moved to the main hall of the Working People's Cultural Palace, so that officials from all walks of life, representatives of the masses and embassies and consulates from various countries can mourn for three days from the 12th to the 14th.Before the ashes arrived at the Working People's Cultural Palace, we were led by company cadres and went on duty from the gate of the Cultural Palace to the passage leading to the main hall in the Cultural Palace. Without condolence certificates, the emotionally restrained crowd broke through the gate of the Cultural Palace to enter the main hall.My post is at the gate of the south gate of the Working People's Cultural Palace, facing east. This is the only gate that must pass through for mourners.So the leader of the company said to our several sentries on duty at the gate: The key task of the gate guard is to prevent the out-of-control crowd from breaking into the gate to mourn the Prime Minister, and to ensure the normal progress of the condolence activities. On the morning of the 12th, the condolences were in order.In the afternoon, some people who could not express their condolences gathered on the east side of Tiananmen's East Viewing Platform in grief. We worried that the more people gathered would affect the condolence activities, so we persuaded them to go to Tiananmen Square with a feeling of understanding.That night, many people gathered at the northeast corner of Tiananmen Square, looking at the closed Working People's Cultural Palace, crying loudly. The crying pierced the night sky and drifted in the cold wind. I could hear it clearly from the sentry post at the gate of the Cultural Palace. Clearly, I couldn't help but sighed, and tears welled up in my eyes. On the 13th, many people still gathered not far from the gate of the Cultural Palace due to lack of condolence certificates. Among them, there were many crying people. We persuaded them to leave through patient persuasion.However, when a few people without condolence certificates arrived at the door with those who held condolence certificates, they suddenly rushed into the gate with uncontrollable crying and crying. We quickly stopped these people, comforted and persuaded them, and then sent them to the gate Go to the bungalow on the east side of the gate of the Cultural Palace, and the local comrades there will do meticulous persuasion work to make them leave.It is easy to stop the gay men who rush into the gate, but it is very difficult for us young men to stop the lesbians, especially the young lesbians. Don't do it, absolutely not, you can't stop it; do it, I have to pull and pull, and sometimes I have to hug the waist when there is no other way, because although the intruders at this time are lesbians, most of them are emotionally disturbed for a while and have extraordinary strength, so we must try our best to block them from the gate. Although it is a bit embarrassing, there is no other way, because our company does not have female soldiers.There were more people crying in Tiananmen Square that day, especially the crying at night made passers-by emotional. On the 14th, the number of people who broke into the gate of the Cultural Palace without condolence certificates continued unabated, and happened frequently, and the mood was worse, the strength was stronger, and the momentum was stronger. This may be caused by the last day of condolences. Fortunately, they were all individuals and did not happen. Group shock.Among the people who were stopped outside the gate, some were crying hoarsely and exhausted; some were in a trance, feeling like hallucinations;Seeing these people make the above-mentioned emotional actions because they failed to bid farewell to their most beloved Prime Minister, we, the security personnel who deeply sympathized with them, also felt uncontrollably sad when we persuaded them, and silently shed shed tears.More than 30 years have passed, and whenever I think of the scene at that time, I still feel sore and sad, very sad.Among the undocumented people outside the gate, there are also some celebrities who are very helpless and sad because they do not have condolence certificates.As far as I saw from the sentry post, Hong Xuefei, who played the role of Mrs. Ah Qing at the time, came to the cordon outside the gate, found the relevant person in charge to introduce herself, and proposed to go in to mourn the Prime Minister, but she was politely declined because she did not have a permit.After wandering in place for a long time, he left with tears in his eyes.There is also a female educated youth who rushed back from the frontier for thousands of miles, hoping to participate in Premier Zhou's mourning activities. According to her, her late grandfather was also an old revolutionary who had a close relationship with Premier Zhou. and other comrades with Premier Zhou for the relevant person in charge to see, but she failed to do so without a certificate, which made her shed sad tears... During the three-day condolences, there were about 40,000 cadres and masses and more than 2,000 Friends from foreign embassies and consulates attended the farewell ceremony for Premier Zhou's ashes.Everyone wore white flowers on their chests and bid farewell to Premier Zhou with a very sad heart. Many people cried as they walked, and some of them walked to the gate and beat their chests and feet in mourning after attending the condolences.Among the foreign friends who attended the condolences, I was deeply moved by two things.First, Kim Il Sung, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and President of the Republic, sent a special plane to transport a large wreath composed of fresh flowers from Pyongyang to express his deep memory of Premier Zhou.The wreath was carried by four beautiful girls in plain Korean national costumes. Their solemn complexions and steady steps showed their admiration and mourning for the Chinese Premier.When the wreath passed through the gate, I slanted to go in. This is the largest wreath I have ever seen from a foreign friend.The second is that when a Japanese friend rushed to the Cultural Palace with a condolence certificate, it was too late and he was not allowed to enter the venue.He told the person in charge that he was going to fly to Tokyo in two hours. Could he be accommodated, but this was a rule that could not be an exception.The Japanese friend stayed at the door for a long time, even expressing regret and helplessness, so he had to bow deeply three times at the door to express his deep memory of Premier Zhou.

When the admission was closed on the afternoon of January 12, under the arrangement of my superiors, I joined the last batch of mourners to participate in the mourning activities for Premier Zhou.Everyone slowly came to the front of the main hall, and saw that under the eaves on the first floor of the majestic and magnificent main hall, there was a huge black-and-white banner hanging under the eaves: "The Chinese people's great proletarian revolutionist and outstanding communist fighter Comrade Zhou Enlai is immortal!" .The steps and steps in front of the main hall are filled with wreaths from party and state leaders, party and government agencies, foreign leaders, and foreign embassies and consulates.Everyone entered the main hall in batches amidst solemn and stirring mourning, and bowed three times to the ashes of Premier Zhou covered with the flag of the Communist Party of China.Being in this cold and crying hall, not only makes people feel sad, but also has a sense of desolation.

After the three-day condolence activities were over, on the evening of the 14th, the urn of Premier Zhou was carried to the Great Hall of the People by his wife Deng Yingchao, who had been on a blind date, loved, respected and accompanied him for life. On the afternoon of January 15, Premier Zhou Enlai's memorial meeting was held in the West Hall of the Great Hall of the People.About 5,000 people attended the memorial service. I was unable to attend duty for the Prime Minister's memorial service last week.But I have always been thinking about the memorial meeting for Premier Zhou in the Great Hall of the People, which is close at hand.He involuntarily came from the Company Department to the steps of the west gate of the Museum of Chinese Revolutionary History.A lot of museum staff and my comrades-in-arms gathered here, and everyone stared at the Great Hall of the People across the street, expressing affectionately their final salute to Premier Zhou.When the memorial meeting was over, an old curator of the Chinese Revolutionary History Museum attended the memorial service and walked from the great hall to the history museum. He was still in tears and choked up with tears. When people asked him about the situation in the memorial meeting, he sobbed and said: He couldn't speak, so that all the people present shared their sorrow and tears.This alone shows the sad scene of the memorial meeting.I looked at the Great Hall of the People, where Premier Zhou was about to leave forever; I looked at the half-hanging national flags in Tiananmen Square that seemed to be mourning; I looked at the layers of wreaths on the Monument to the People's Heroes; The square spontaneously mourned the weeping crowd of Premier Zhou, and there was another wave in their hearts, and they couldn't help crying.I prayed silently in my heart, wishing Premier Zhou all the best.

During the condolence duty, due to the shortage of personnel, there are only two to three people in each sentry station in turn.Coupled with the freezing weather, the bone-chilling wind, and the constant immersion in the sad atmosphere, my legs were swollen and my feet were numb from standing until the last day.But everyone thought that Premier Zhou was proud to stand on the last post, no one complained, and the task was successfully completed.It may be due to tiredness. Just over a week after I finished the mission of expressing condolence to Premier Zhou, when I was studying in the History Museum, I suddenly felt chest tightness and phlegm congestion. I coughed up bloody sputum. for tuberculosis.After nearly four months of intensive treatment by the medical staff of the army, my illness was completely cured, and I returned to the company in early May to start duty.I have also experienced hardships and trials in this year. On the Ching Ming Festival in 1976, hundreds of millions of Chinese people mourned the death of Premier Zhou Enlai in the sorrow of "passers-by on the road wanting to die".In Tiananmen Square, the political center, the "Fourth Five-Year Movement" broke out in mourning for Premier Zhou, opposing the "Gang of Four" and supporting Deng Xiaoping.This mass movement, which shocked China and the world, was called the "Tiananmen Incident" at the time.At that time, I was hospitalized and quarantined due to an infectious disease, so I didn't know about the movement in Tiananmen Square.However, some cadres and soldiers of our company participated in the action to prevent the burning of their own residence - Xiaohonglou according to the instructions of their superiors.Although the military and the civilians did not have a direct conflict under the dominance of the same thinking as the Prime Minister, the "Tiananmen Incident" was also a big twist.Based on the memories of my comrades-in-arms, I wrote an article entitled "The Before and After of the "April-Five Movement"", so I won't repeat it here. The "Tiananmen Incident" that broke out around the Ching Ming Festival was actually a continuation and extension of the people's spontaneous mourning for Premier Zhou. A total explosion in times of difficulty.The people's feelings for Premier Zhou are like volcanic magma, not only cannot be blocked, but the more they are covered, the more violent they erupt.If we say that the mood of the people when Premier Zhou passed away was sorrow, then the mood of hundreds of millions of people during the "Tiananmen Incident" was grief and indignation.Premier Zhou Enlai, the model of the communists, made the people miss him even more, and the perverse actions of the "Gang of Four" aroused the anger of heaven and the people. Just one day after the "Tiananmen Incident", on April 7, 1976, the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee adopted the "Resolution of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Concerning the Appointment of Comrade Hua Guofeng as the First Vice-Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Premier of the State Council" and "About Resolution to Abolish Deng Xiaoping's All Positions Inside and Outside the Party".In fact, more than two months ago, that is, on February 3, 1976, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issued the "Notice on Comrade Hua Guofeng's Appointment as Acting Premier of the State Council", and decided that Hua Guofeng would preside over the daily work of the Central Committee.From January 1975, Deng Xiaoping was entrusted by the Party Central Committee and Mao Zedong to preside over the daily work of the Central Party and government. From January 1976, in just one year, he did a lot of practical work.However, he was once again forced to step down from the political arena in the midst of "criticizing Deng and fighting back against the rightist style of overturning verdicts". July 6, 1976 was another day that made the Chinese people sad.On this day, Zhu De, commander-in-chief of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, first marshal of the Republic, and chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, died at the age of 90.At that time, I heard from comrades in arms that Chairman Zhu De died of a cold and fever in the hospital for half a month because of waiting too long in an air-conditioned room when meeting with Australian Prime Minister Fraser.Looking at the half-mast lowered by our comrades-in-arms, our guards once again fell into contemplation and sorrow. From July 9th to 10th, cadres and people from all walks of life in the capital held a condolence ceremony for the highly respected Boss Zhu at the Working People's Cultural Palace, deeply remembering the Red Commander of the People's Army who served as the commander-in-chief of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, the Eighth Route Army, and the Chinese People's Liberation Army. .Our battalion dispatched capable officers and soldiers to guard Chairman Zhu's condolence ceremony, and paid deep respect to Mr. Zhu, who has made great contributions to the Chinese revolution and construction throughout his life as a soldier.Above the main hall of the Working People's Cultural Palace (Tai Temple) hangs a banner with white characters on a black background that reads "Comrade Zhu De, the great proletarian revolutionary of the Chinese people, will live forever!"The steps in front of the hall of condolence were filled with wreaths sent by party and state leaders and party and government agencies. The scene was solemn and sad.The people who participated in condolence lined up in four groups, and slowly entered the main entrance of the main hall amidst the solemn and stirring mourning music, some weeping softly, some were tearful, and some were full of sadness.They stared affectionately at the urn of Chairman Zhu covered with the Chinese Communist Party flag, and under the command of the command staff, they bowed deeply three times to the Marshal who once ruled the world, galloped and led thousands of troops to kill the enemy, and then divided up The left and right teams came out from the east and west doors.A total of more than 15,000 people participated in the farewell ceremony for Chairman Zhu's ashes in the main hall of the Cultural Palace. On July 11, the memorial meeting for Comrade Zhu De was grandly held in the Great Hall of the People. More than 5,000 people attended the memorial meeting, and Hua Guofeng delivered a eulogy.Some officers and soldiers of our company participated in the peripheral security task of the memorial meeting. 1976 was also a year of catastrophe with frequent natural disasters, which made the people of the country feel more pain, more mourning, and worse. On the afternoon of March 8, a meteorite exploded over the suburbs of Jilin City, forming a rare meteorite shower in the world.More than 3,000 meteorites were scattered radially over an area of ​​more than 500 square kilometers, and the largest parent meteorite weighed 1,770 kilograms, setting a world record.It's really "heaven collapse". On May 29, two major earthquakes of magnitude 7.5 and 7.6 occurred in Longling and Luxi in western Yunnan Province, which can be described as "ground cracks".In particular, the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that occurred in Tangshan and Fengnan, Hebei Province on July 28 killed more than 240,000 people instantly and seriously injured 160,000 people.It became a national disaster that shocked China and foreign countries, and the whole country mourned. The Tangshan earthquake also spread to Beijing, and the capital felt it strongly. I was on duty on the roof of the Beijing Post Office Building, and even a certain group of soldiers could hardly stand still when they quickly huddled together in the strong earthquake. They looked at the beam of fire in the southeast. The blue ground light facing the sky gives people a sense of fear in its splendor.The connection of the wall of the historical museum we guarded was in danger of opening and closing during the earthquake, making all the people in the courtyard terrified, screaming and huddled together.There were also cracks in the walls of Tiananmen Square, which were repaired afterwards and remained intact.I was in the Little Red Building at that time, and when I felt a big earthquake, everyone immediately evacuated downstairs.After the earthquake, we moved to a tent south of the Chinese Revolutionary History Museum. In just over four months, the "heaven and earth cracks" that have been rare for thousands of years have occurred successively, making all living beings who have lost two great men in charge of the country, Zhou Enlai and Zhu De, even more sad and desolate; Many Chinese people are more worried about whether Chairman Mao Zedong, who is already ill, will be healthy soon, because with Chairman Mao alive, the Chinese will feel that they are not afraid of heaven and earth, and will be fearless. At 1:00 noon on September 9 of this year, we were resting in the earthquake tent. Suddenly, a deputy instructor rushed over and announced to everyone with tears in his eyes: Chairman Mao passed away.This sentence was like a thunderbolt from the blue sky, which made the comrades present terrified, dumbfounded, dazed, and then cried out.The company cadre said to the crying soldiers: In our security work, we have made the oath of "defending the Party Central Committee and Chairman Mao to the death" for decades. Today, Chairman Mao has left us forever, and we must overcome our grief For the sake of strength, do a good job in the security work during Chairman Mao's funeral, and stand on the last post for Chairman Mao.Whether it is transferred to carry out the security work during Chairman Mao's funeral, or to stand at the original guard post, we must be vigilant so that no problems can occur, and we will enter the first-level combat readiness from now on.Since that day, we have been ready to respond to emergencies at any time. During the funeral of Chairman Mao, I participated in all the security tasks of the 7-day condolence and memorial meeting, and based on what I saw and heard, I wrote two articles, "Wake for Chairman Mao" and "What I saw at the Chairman Mao Memorial Meeting". The content will not be repeated.Here, based on my own personal experience, I add some unwritten knowledge and feelings. After the death of Chairman Mao, the comrades guarding the five-star red flag in front of Tiananmen Square lowered the high-flying national flag to half-mast with tears in their eyes. The low-hanging half-mast symbolizes the mourning of the whole country, and immersed the solemn Tiananmen Square in a state of solemnity and grief. .This is the third time that the comrades-in-arms of the Tiananmen National Flag Guard Squad of our battalion have lowered the national flag to half-mast for the third time. These three times the flag was lowered to half-mast not for ordinary party and state leaders, but for the main founders of the Republic whom we most admire, Zhou Enlai and Zhu De. , Mao Zedong, these three "old buddies" who were born and died together, passed away one after another in just over half a year, which is really unacceptable.The guards and soldiers standing at half-mast endured great grief.Every time I saw thousands of people gathered around the half-mast raising the flag and crying, the hearts of the soldiers who guarded the flag ached as if they were being torn apart.But they can't lose their composure, more tears can only flow in their hearts, and the biggest expression when they lose control is to cry silently, but their posture is still straight. From September 11th to 17th, Chairman Mao's remains were visited in the Great Hall of the People for 7 consecutive days.I participated in the security guards outside the great hall where Chairman Mao's remains were visited for seven days. During the 7 days, a total of 300,000 people paid homage to the remains of the great leader and mentor Chairman Mao Zedong with great grief. On the 13th, diplomatic envoys and international friends from various countries visited Chairman Mao’s remains together with the people in the capital.Deputy Prime Minister of the Democratic Kampuchea government Ing Sally mourned beside Chairman Mao with tears in his eyes. He said sadly to Ji Dengkui and Wang Dongxing who were watching Chairman Mao's coffin: Chairman Mao is the great leader of the Chinese people and the most reliable friend of the Cambodian people.I had the honor to enter the condolence hall of the Great Hall to pay my respects to Chairman Mao's remains with the arrangement of my superiors four times at the end of the day.When people wearing small white flowers on their chests and black armbands on their left arms walked up the steps of the north gate of the Great Hall, people couldn't control their sincere feelings for the leader, and there were wailing and tears.Entering the Hall of Admiration, when people really see Mao Zedong sleeping peacefully on the altar, when people really see Mao Zedong lying on his back among flowers, when people really see Mao Zedong covered with bright red party flags below his chest, when people really see Mao Zedong When I really saw Chairman Mao's kind face and broad eyebrows, I felt like the sky was falling, and I burst into tears.It was he who led the people to overthrow the three mountains, and it was he who led us to build socialism... He enjoys the lofty prestige of the sun and the moon in the hearts of hundreds of millions of Chinese people.Looking at Chairman Mao who can no longer lead the people of the whole country to create great achievements, some beat their chests and feet, some bent down and bowed, and some clenched their fists... It is really difficult to express people's deep and simple feelings for Chairman Mao at this time.Every time my comrades-in-arms and I saw the face of Chairman Mao, our hearts were deeply shocked, and tears burst out of our eyes involuntarily. On the afternoon of September 18, millions of people in the capital held a memorial meeting for Chairman Mao Zedong in Tiananmen Square.On the rostrum of the memorial service set up under the Tiananmen Gate Tower, stood the mourning party and state leaders, and behind the leaders were flowers, cypresses and wreaths.Sorrows and sorrows lingered and lingered in Tiananmen Square, permeating the vast sky, causing millions of people wearing black armbands and white flowers on their chests to mourn and weep silently for the departure of Chairman Mao. At this time, I took a soldier to stand guard for Chairman Mao's memorial meeting on the commanding heights, overlooking the millions of cadres and masses standing silently in Tiananmen Square, and looking at the huge banner of "The Great Leader and Mentor Chairman Mao Zedong's Memorial Meeting" on the Tiananmen Gate Tower Looking at the huge portrait of Chairman Mao and the mourning party in Tiananmen Square, I can’t help feeling a surge of grief and mixed feelings. The scene of millions of people bowing their heads and weeping is like thousands of mountains and mountains. , It seems that thousands of rivers and rivers are crying quietly.At 3:00 p.m., when Wang Hongwen announced the start of the memorial meeting, the audience stood in silence, and a million people observed three minutes of silence; when Hua Guofeng finished his eulogy, a million people bowed three times to the portrait of Chairman Mao; The music of "Red", these extremely tragic scenes, all make people cry again and again. In 1976, after nearly nine months of great grief, the Chinese people finally ushered in a day of joy. On the evening of October 6, Wang Hongwen, Zhang Chunqiao, and Yao Wenyuan were in Huairen Hall, and Jiang Qing was "quarantined and inspected" at his residence.Hua Guofeng and Ye Jianying, representing the will of the party and the people, smashed the "Gang of Four" in one fell swoop.In this special battle related to the fate of the party and the country, the garrison, in accordance with Ye Jianying's order, quickly guarded the central news units and key departments of the party and the state under guard day and night with live ammunition.Our company did not participate in the relevant operations, but according to the instructions of the superior, it urgently entered the first-level combat readiness state, and the bullets were sent to the soldiers for emergency use in combat. On October 7, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held a Politburo meeting, which unanimously approved Hua Guofeng as the chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the chairman of the Central Military Commission. On October 24, one million soldiers and civilians in the capital gathered in Tiananmen Square to celebrate the great victory of smashing the "Gang of Four".People beat gongs and drums, sang and danced, held up portraits of Chairman Mao and Hua Guofeng and various slogans celebrating victory, waved red flags, chanted slogans, and carnivaled.After nearly ten months, Tiananmen Square once again turned into a sea of ​​joy.Bright smiles finally bloomed on people's faces, ending that heartbreaking and gloomy day.Hua Guofeng, Ye Jianying, Li Xiannian and other party and state leaders celebrated the victory of "October" together with the people of the capital on the Tiananmen Gate tower.Many cadres and soldiers of mine participated in the celebration, and even the comrades at home could see the grand scene of the warm celebration. Among the visiting state guests this year, other people can’t remember clearly. I only remember that they attended New Zealand Prime Minister Muldoon, Australian Prime Minister Fraser, Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Somare, Madagascar President Ratsiraka, Benin Visiting security missions of President Kraykou, President Kama of Botswana, President Bokassa of the Central African Republic, General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party, Prime Minister Kesan Phonvihan, Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew and Prime Minister Bhutto of Pakistan.The latter two prime ministers both visited China in May of that year, and they were both received by Chairman Mao. Among them, Ali Bhutto was the last state guest met by Chairman Mao.Since then, Mao Zedong lowered his welcome curtain due to his poor physical condition.Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai left a rich legacy to China's diplomacy in their later years. In 1976, our security fighters spent the time wearing white flowers, wearing black gauze, listening to mourning music, looking at the half-mast flag, and crying farewell to the three great men. A true portrait of the soul.This year's security work is really not easy.The turbulent and unbearable year of 1976 is unforgettable for a long time.